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Sideboard

Sideboard
(c. 1871)

Medium
Oak (Quercus sp.), Boxwood (Buxus sp.), Pine (Pinus sp.)

Measurements
(a-l) 172.5 × 205.0 × 56.5 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976

Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
(b) incised in relief on upper edge c.l.: MELIVS EST VOC ARI
incised in relief on upper edge c.: AD OLERA CV (- above V) CHARITATE QVA (- above A) AD VITVLV (- above third V)
incised in relief on upper edge c.r.: SAGINATU CV (- above V) ODIO
(e) impressed on upper central panel c.: GILLOW C (\ through C) Co
(translation: It is better to dine on vegetables prepared with love than on the fattened cow prepared with hatred.)

Accession Number
D109.a-l-1976

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Two stages, upper stage with three vertical divisions; lower stage with central drawer and recessed shelf.